RadioShack’s Future Hangs on Independent Dealers

Small-town shopkeepers will continue to sell iconic brand

The first time RadioShack went bankrupt, independent dealers struggled to get answers about the future of a brand that was integral to their businesses.

With some 4,400 company-owned stores to restructure in 2015, RadioShack’s leaders and advisers seemed to take scant notice of the shopkeepers who were representing the electronics brand in places too small or remote to warrant much attention from the corporation.